Roberto Firpo was an Argentine tango pianist, composer, and leader. Firpo was among the first innovators of classic tango music genre. He was the creator of the standard tango sextet, and the establisher of the piano in the tango orchestra.
Firpo was born in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, where his father owned a grocery store. Firpo left school at 15 to work with his father and then several other companies, he eventually saved 200 Pesos to buy his first piano.
Around 1903 he began to have...
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